Laptop SSD upgrade

oczdude8 · Jul 23, 2013

Ok so I have a y580 with a 32gb msata ssd cache and a 5400rpm 1tb HDD. I have 2 Samsung 830's in raid 0 on my desktop and am very happy with the speeds, and want to get that in my laptop.

I want to know your opinions on if I should just get a 256 ssd and exchange it for my HDD or get an 256 msata ssd so I can use my 1tb drive also.

I don't really have a need for 1tb, and currently have only 120gb used.

What is the performance of msata compared to regular sata? would I get better battery if I get rid of the 1tb HDD?

thanks

JackNaylorPE · Jul 23, 2013

I have two otherwise identical lappies here in the office

No. 1 has a 128 GB SSD and a 7200 rpm HD
No. 2 has a 7200 rpm hybrid SSD / HD (Momentus XT 750 GB 7200 rpm)

So far, no one can tell them apart booting to windows, using AutoCAD or in gaming.

popatim · Jul 23, 2013

I would grab the 256 msata. the max you can set for caching the hdd is 64gb which leaves you 192gb to act as your c: drive. You get the best of both worlds

oczdude8 · Jul 24, 2013

popatim :

So it would be possible to use the msata as a separate drive to load my OS AND use some of it for cache of my 1TB? will there be any performance impacts on the msata?

popatim · Jul 24, 2013

nothing that would ever be noticble outside of a benchmark.

oczdude8 · Jul 24, 2013

I was looking at some benchmarks of the crucial m4 msata vs a sata Samsung 840 pro. crucial has about ~200MB/s write speeds while the Samsung can achieve ~500MB/s. would this be noticeable enough difference to justify switching out my 1tb HDD(I doubt I will need that much storage anyways) and use the Samsung 840pro?

also are there any better msata drives?

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